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G. C. SCHWAN-BR.

PAD TREE ANDAHARNESS SADDLE.

Patented Feb.` 6, 1883.

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D o. o. .solvv'ml PD TREE AND HARNESS SADDLE. No. 271,927. u Patented Feb. 6,1883.

UNITED STATES- VPATENT Orifice.

UHRISTAN O. SOHWANER, OF WINTERSET, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF TWOf-THIRDS TO H. J. B. GMMINGS AND T. F. MARDI, OF SAME PLACE.

PAD-TREE AND HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,927, dated February 6, 1883,

Application filed November O, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern:

Beit known that I, CHRISTIAN C. ScHwAN- ER, of Winterset, in the county of Madison and State ot' Iowa, have invented an Improved Pad-Tree and Harness-Saddle, of which the following is a specification. V

My invention relates to the manner of combining loops to a pad-tree and harness-saddle. Different forms of loops are required on the "1o lower ends of the saddleone form adapt-ed to allow the skirt to extend through the loops in such a manner that the skirts can bend to and from the horse, and also restrict the same skirts from any side movement orbackwardV or for- Ward motion relative to the saddle; and another form that is adapted to receive adj ostable and detachable straps that connect shaftcarriers and the trace-buckles and traces with `the saddle in such a manner that there will be zo a hinged connection that will allow the connecting-straps to swing to and from the horse, and also backward and forward relative to the horse vand the harness-saddle on the horse.

Different forms of pad-trees have heretofore been required for connecting such different forms of loops therewith to produce such different kinds ot' harness; and myinvention consists, lirst, in forming a pad-tree adapted for single and also for double harness, and combinin g such dierent loops interchangeably therewith; second, in washers or jockeys adapted to bemcombined with the padtree and saddle, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l of my accompanying drawings rep resents one of my pad-trees broken oli' in its middle and center of the arch. Fig. 2 is a loop of common form, made complete in one piece and adapted to be used for double or single harness. Fig. 3 is a loop device in two 4o parts adapted to be used as an attachment to myimproved pad-tree. Fig. 4 shows the attachment and loop combined with my improved pad-tree and saddle. Fig 5is a transverse section of Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 represent ornamental metal plates and washers or jockeys adapted to he placed on top of the skirt and leather, and clamped thereto by means of the screws that clamp the different .v parts together. Fig. 8 shows one of my jock- 5o eys combined with the pad-tree and saddle.

Jointly considered these figures clearly illustrate the construction and operation of my complete invention.

A represents the iiat and wide ends of` a metal pad-treeyforrued complete in one piece by casting in a mold.

B is apanel formed inV the top or outside of the part A to receive the top end of a leath- `er skirt or leather cover, (l, when the loop attachment is used, as shown in Fig. 4. 6oA

4d is a rigid D-shaped loop, and f a tlexible metal strap or clasp, having perforations in its ends, doubled over the straight bar'of the loop to form a hinge.

In constructing a harness-saddle, I simply 65 place the perforated shank ofthe loop (shown in Fig. 2) on the under side of the flattened end A ofthe pad-tree and the top end or"A a leather skirt, C, in the panel B on the outside otthe pad-tree to @tend downward 7o through theloop, and then pass screws through the perforations Nos. l and 2, and the screwshanks of terrets through the perforationsNo.

3 into nuts or screw-threaded plates fixed to the harness-pad. 75

To clamp the top end of the leather skirt in the panel B more securely, and to ornament the complete saddle, I place one of myjockeyplates, as represented in Fig. 8, on the top of the leather, and also in the panel of the pad- 8o tree.

The lugs h, formed integral with the plate orjockey J, serve the purpose of a loop to restrict the skirt from slipping backward or 4forward on the pad and saddle; and the loop k, also formed integral with the plate J, serves as a means for attaching shaft carriers or straps to support the traces, so that the loop d and clasp j' can be dispensed with when desired.l 9o

I am aware'recesses have been formed in metal pad-trees to admit the ends of metal loops; but my manner of forming panels in the finished top surface of a pad-tree, and itting the ends of leather skirt-pieces and orna- 9 5 D mental plates in the panels to form a detachable connection between the loops and the padtree, and a complete harness-saddle adapted for single or double harness, is novel and greatly advantageous. roc

I claim as my invention- 1. A pad'tree having a finished top surface and panels B in itsab and widened end, and perforations 1 and 2 through the panel por- 5 tions, adapting il. to receive and retain the ends ot' leather skirt-pieces, and interchangeable loops and ornamental plates, in the manner set forth. for the purposes specified.

2. The ornamental plate or jockey J, having lugsh h at its sides and aloop, 7s, atits bottom, io and adapted in form to t in the panel B ot a pad-tree, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

CHRISTIAN G. SGHWANER.

Witnesses W. M. SHAW, E. H. KRIDLER. 

